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To ensure food safety, hazards that may threaten food safety are identified, and risk assessment is conducted to evaluate the effect on human health. In addition, risk management measures are implemented to reduce human health risks from these hazards. Risk communication is used to exchange information and opinions about risks among producers, consumers, governments, and others. A risk analysis policy to ensure food safety consists of the three components of risk assessment, risk management, and risk communication. The science that supports this risk analysis is called regulatory science, which is extremely important when considering food safety. The risk analysis is used to ensure the safety of pesticide residues in national food products. In this present issue, five articles written by experts in this field focus on the trends in risk analysis of residual pesticides by regulatory science in Japan. Through this special issue, it is hoped that correct understanding and knowledge of Japan's regulations on pesticide residues and the risk analysis system will be disseminated.
